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CA hospital chair pleads guilty to paying for referrals
The former co-owner and chairman of the board of a California hospital has pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals. The man, 74-year-old Robert Borseau, is the fourth... Read more...
Plea deals reached in DHS case stemming from 14 year old's death
One employee from the social-service agency MultiEthnic Behavioral Health has plead guilty to charges of fraud and obstructing justice, and two other employees are set to do the same very soon in the... Read more...
Scrushy hit with $2.6B suit by HealthSouth
I suppose one might feel sorry for Dick Scrushy at this point. After all his legal trials and tribulations, and ending up in jail, the HealthSouth founder has been hit with the whopper of all civil... Read more...
Federal law would further fight government healthcare fraud
Well familiar with the varieties of such fraud, a Florida senator has filed two bills aimed at further tightening the noose on fraud against government healthcare programs. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL),... Read more...
South Florida stands out as leader in Medicare fraud
Time after time, the evidence shows up that South Florida is among the fraud capitals of the U.S. A recent report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General only adds to the litany of complaints,... Read more...
CA in-home care program littered with fraud
The California healthcare program, In Home Supportive Services is one of the fastest growing in the state's government, budgeted at $5.42 billion this year alone, and set to care for roughly 440,000... Read more...
CA med labs being sued for fraud
Seven private medical laboratories in California are being sued by the state for allegedly overcharging the Medicaid program upwards of 400 percent for the last 15 years. The fraud has cost... Read more...
Blagojevich's alleged corruption related often to healthcare industry
By now you've probably heard that Governor Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) was arrested yesterday on a wide variety of charges related to corruption in office. What you may not know is that much of the fraud... Read more...
CMS reports lower error rate for 2008
Apparently, having Recovery Audit Contractors in the news frequently has pushed some providers to change their coding practices. CMS has reported that the 2008 error rate for fee-for-service payments... Read more...
Duke University Health sued over dirty surgical instruments
A group of 18 patients who had operations at Duke University Health System hospitals in 2004 have sued the institution, which exposed the patients to surgical instruments which were mistakenly washed... Read more...
